FREE | Every Friday: May 9 - September 19 | 5 PM - 6 PM
Join us throughout the residency season for our free public series of short and informal artist talks, readings, and presentations. We’ll learn about works-in-progress from our artists and scholars-in-residence with informative and inspiring presentations in all disciplines. This is a wonderful way to kick off your weekend! Bring a friend, all are welcome.
Location: Main Campus. Look for Craigardan Event sign at the end of Main Campus driveway (two “doors” west of the farm store, towards Keene). Google Maps Link
Kyle Brumsted
Kyle Brumsted is a Brooklyn-based artist originally from Ithaca, NY. He has worked as an apprentice, technician, teacher, and resident artist at studios throughout the U.S. and Canada. After completing an apprenticeship at Atelier Spirale in Montreal and an internship at Baltimore Clayworks, Kyle was awarded the 2018 Teaching Fellowship at Craigardan, where he spent the year as a resident artist. Since then, Kyle has gone on to teach at many ceramic studios, including The East Side Pot Shop and The Contemporary Austin, where he also worked as the salt kiln technician. Currently, Kyle is an instructor at BKLYN Clay and Greenwich House Pottery and a fabricator at KWH Furniture.
Among many other things, Kyle is interested in making finely crafted functional pots, building community through the joy of collective making and knowledge-sharing, and firing atmospheric kilns. He has returned to Craigardan for several short-term residencies, including to assist with the construction of our new wood kiln.
Bodi-Yemisi Anton Babatola
Bodi-Yemisi Anton Babatola is Craigardan’s 2025 Trilium Fellow. Bodi is a writer, performer, and educator. He uses words and voice to express stories woven from dreams, romance, grief, and ancestry. Bodi has taken the stage at events such as One World Poetry Night (2025) and DecoloNoize (2024) in Berlin, Germany, and, in previous years, as a member of the Fasia Jansen Ensemble (2020) and Simone Dede Ayivi’s Solidaritätsstück (2019). For more than a decade, Bodi has focused on empowering Black youth and art students as an educator. Bodi’s work is deeply inspired by the creation of Black queer joy, crip softness, and chosen family bonds. They are currently working towards publishing their poetry and crafting diverse collaborations with fellow artists from the margins as a form of resistance.
Chelsea Dodds
Chelsea Dodds is a writer and teacher from Connecticut. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Southern Connecticut State University, and her work has recently appeared in The Forge, Maudlin House, Rejection Letters, Poetry Super Highway, and the 2024 Connecticut Literary Anthology (Woodhall Press). Chelsea's current works-in-progress aim to disrupt societal expectations for women and explore how anxiety and trauma manifest themselves in the body.